Which entity enacts statutory law?

• A. The People
• B. Court
• C. Legislature
• D. Administrative Agency

Answer: (C)

Statutory law is the written law created by a legislative body. The Legislature is the branch that drafts, debates, and passes bills, and once those bills are signed into law (or otherwise enacted), they become statutes. Courts don’t create statutory text; they interpret and apply statutes and often establish case law through their decisions. Administrative agencies operate under the authority of statutes to issue regulations that implement the law, but they do not enact the statutes themselves. In most systems, the entity responsible for enacting statutory law is the legislature.